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Re: [ontolog-forum] Inundated by the postings? - you can choose 'digest'

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From: "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:07:32 -0800
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Many thanks to the wonderful dialog going on recently in both the
[ontolog-forum] and the [ontology-summit] mailing lists. I do want to
thank everyone for their thoughtful exchange, and for sharing with
everyone their insight.    (01)

As always, high traffic lists are not for everyone. Therefore I have
noticed both a recent increase in people joining the [ontolog-forum]
list (new subscriptions, meaning new membership in the Ontolog
community), and at the same time, an increase in people leaving the
list (unsubscrptions ... although, luckily, the former far out numbers
the latter.)    (02)

Once again I would like to reiterate, if the Ontolog cause (ref. our
charter) aligns well with your professional interest and disposition,
DON'T leave the community (by self-unsubscribing yourself, or asking
me to unsubscribe you from [ontolog-forum]). You can choose a "digest"
or even a "no mail" option to alleviate the pressure on your inbox
(see details below.)    (03)

Note that anyone who self-unsubscribes from [ontolog-forum] also gets
automatically unsubscribed from the [ontolog-invitation] (our
announcement) list as well. Therefore, if you don't want to be an
Ontolog member (active member or observer), but would still like to be
posted on our event announcements, do make sure you drop me a line to
that effect when you unsubscribe,    (04)

Regards.  =ppy    (05)

P.S. the [ontology-summit] forum is expected to be a high traffic
mailing list (between the OntologySummit2007 Jan-18 Launch and the
April-2007 workshop. Therefore, if a particular discussion subject
matter is more appropriate for the Summit, kindly move the
conversation from [ontolog-forum] over to [ontology-summit].  Many
thanks.  =ppy
--    (06)


On 8/16/06, Peter P. Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
ref: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2006-08/msg00064.html#nid06    (07)

> ...[snip]... [Before unsubscribing yourself or]
> Before asking to be unsubscribed, I want to run two other options
> by you about our mailing list. We can actually set the list
> distribution 3 different ways:
>
> (i)   the default distributes postings to a subscriber's inbox
> (which is the option you are in now, by default.)
>
> (ii)  a daily digest option (where the whole day's messages gets
> rolled into one, and that gets delivered to your inbox.)
>
> (iii) a 'no mail' option, where nothing gets delivered to your
> inbox, and you go catch up on community exchanges at the forum
> archives (see archive at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/).
>
> The only difference between (iii) and my unsubscribing you all
> together is, psychologically, whether or not you are still part
> of the community. Makes no difference in terms of the
> availability of the content to you. (Of course, members do get to
> post to the forum, and non-members don't.)
>
> That's the virtue (and the sin) of the 'open' Internet. Neither
> you or I have (or want to have) control over it. I hope the
> options I presented above would help mitigate the situation. All
> options are open to you ... and you, alone, decide, when and how
> you like to engage.
> //
>
> That said, I don't want to see anyone leave the community because
> it's started to get interesting. Therefore if you just don't want
> that much traffic, drop me a note, and I can set you up for
> options (ii) or (iii) (mentioned above). You can actually do it
> yourself too (if you still have your password, go to:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/ontolog-forum ... the
> option is at the bottom of that page.)
>
> Cheers.  =ppy
> --    (08)

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